By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works TARBORO (June 11, 2026) – Edgecombe County Teacher Owen Cole said it wasn’t until he started filling out his personal statement on a medical school application that he realized he didn’t want to be a doctor after all. “Went home and shadowed my AP biology teacher at my alma… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (June 11, 2026) – Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care. And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it. So new funds for NC Children’s – a $2-3 billion, 500-bed children’s hospital to be built in Apex in a joint venture between UNC Health and Duke… READ MORE
By Holden Thorp Science EDITORS NOTE: Scientific research is in danger thanks to a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB is seeking to revise the rules that govern how federal dollars are spent on scientific research funding. Holden Thorp, the 10th chancellor of the University of North Carolina… READ MORE
By J. Drew Tonissen In 2024, I stood in a Charlotte auditorium watching two Myers Park High School alumni, one Black and one White, discuss how they discovered their lives were linked through slavery. Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and De Kirkpatrick shared a last name, but not a race. When Jimmie discovered that De’s ancestors owned… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (June 3, 2026) – North Carolina needs more engineers. It’s that simple. In the accompanying video, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts makes the case for why Carolina plans to build its engineering programs – not to infringe on other engineering schools in the UNC System, but to build on programs it already has…. READ MORE
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WARSAW (June 3, 2026) – From tomatoes to strawberries to edible flowers, students have tried to grow just about everything in an old shipping container at James Sprunt Community College. College staff encourage local farmers and students to explore hydroponic farming at the shipping container at their on-campus farm…. READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (May 28, 2026) – UNC-Chapel Hill hasn’t kept up with North Carolina’s growth. But it intends to now, with a plan to add 5,000 students over 10 years. Incredibly, at a time when many universities across the country see declining enrollment due to reduced birth rates, the UNC System sees increasing enrollment. North… READ MORE
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works KENANSVILLE (May 28, 2026) – James Sprunt Community College is meeting the needs of Spanish-speaking people in Eastern North Carolina through the Latino Education Center, which opened in 2023. “We basically are a centralized location so that individuals who may not be able to speak fluent English or their… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (May 22, 2026) – Once again, the University of North Carolina has become a culture-war battleground with the recent denial of tenure for Kiran Asher. Asher was one of six professors that the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees considered for new tenured appointments on May 13.1 Provost Magnus Egerstedt, along with faculty, had… READ MORE
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works CHAPEL HILL (May 22, 2026) – Students at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are learning science through hands-on experiences after a new state science standard rollout and donations from a local public school foundation. “They really enjoy it,” Smith Middle School science teacher Tate Little said. “I can see they… READ MORE
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